Alice did not dare to do anything bad to the children because she did not want to make the same mistake Cynthal had and expose herself. Besides, she did not know if Brettley trusted her yet.
How dare Yvonne try to kidnap the two children!
“What are you afraid of?”
Yvonne pursed her lips. “
The people I hired are all from Sea City. They’re not locals, and the number I used to contact them is an encrypted one. It’s impossible for anyone to track me down. Besides, I didn’t even order for them to be killed, all Smith did was give them a little beating.”
“Hailey, why are you so cowardly, now that you’ve become Alice Peterson?”
Alice took in a deep breath. She was not cowardly; she was just being cautious!
“Get rid of everything you used to communicate with them and get out of there immediately! Go back to Sea City. “Alice gripped the phone tightly. “Get out of there right this instant! “
Yvonne had been spoiled by Mr. Walter since young, and she did not know the danger of the situation she was in. The Walters were a distinguished and well- respected family in Sea City, but this was not Sea City. Brettley Morrison’s power in Banyan City was not to be underestimated!
On the other end of the line, Yvonne pursed her lips again. “Alice, why are you so worried? Nothing’s going to happen…”Before she could finish, someone knocked on her door frantically. “Sorry, Alice, I have to go now. Someone’s here.”
Yvonne put down the phone and went to open the door. She forgot to press the disconnect button, and so Alice could clearly hear everything that was going on from her side.
Alice could hear Yvonne exclaim in shock, “Brettley… Brettley Morrison? What are you doing here?”
The door was slammed shut. After a long pause, Brettley’s voice rang out, “Why do you think I’m here, Miss Walter?”
Alice immediately hung up the phone. She closed her eyes and clenched her fists in anger.
That idiot Yvonne!
Alice opened her eyes and furrowed her brows. Although she was furious, Alice knew that now was not the time to be angry. She had to find a way of breaking Yvonne out. No matter what happened, she could not let Yvonne fall into Brettley’s hands.
Yvonne had led a comfortable life since young, and therefore she had never experienced life or death situations like this. If Brettley held her captive and interrogated her with violent means, there was no doubt she would confess immediately.
Alice bit down on her bottom lip. After a moment, a familiar face appeared in her mind. She picked up the phone again with trembling hands and dialed a number.
Swan Lake Residences.
Bethan was busy applying ointment onto Neil’s wounds. Nellie was standing to one side, holding her brother’s hand with red -rimmed eyes. “Thank you, Neil.”
Neil lifted his other hand and gently patted her head. “You’re my sister. Of course I should protect you.”
As soon as he said this, tears started welling up in Nellie’s eyes.
Bethan sighed and was about to say something when her phone rang. It was not a number she recognized.
She handed the ointment over to Nellie and turned around to pick up the phone. “Hello, who is this? “
“It’s Alice.”
Bethan froze upon hearing this name. She snarled through gritted teeth, “Why are you calling? What do you want?” “Bethan, there has been a misunderstanding.”
Alice let out a sigh. “I want to make a deal with you.”
Bethan’s hand stiffened. After a moment, she let out a chuckle. “Did I hear you correctly, Miss Peterson? You hired people to kidnap my son and daughter. They’re sitting in front of me right now, putting ointment onto their wounds. Now you’re telling me you want to make a deal? I don’t think there’s anything to talk about.”
Leaning against the hospital bed, Alice closed her eyes. “What if the thing I wanted to talk to you about is me and Brettley’s divorce?”
Bethan furrowed her brows. “What do you mean?”
“What I mean is, “
Alice answered. She took a deep breath and tried to make herself as clear as possible. “I wasn’t the one who hired the people to kidnap Neil and Nellie. You should know by now that I’m not that stupid. If I wanted to punish Neil and Nellie, I have plenty of other ways of doing so. I didn’t have to choose the dumbest method.”
Bethan paused. “What are you trying to say?”
“I’m sure you know by now that Brettley is planning to divorce me, “
Alice said as she curled her lips into a smile, sounding somewhat disheartened. “I’ll make a deal with you right now. If you track Brettley down and ask him to let Yvonne go, then I won’t file for Neil and Nellie’s custody.”
Bethan chuckled upon hearing Alice’s words. “Are you crazy, Alice?”
“You’re trying to use my children’s custody against me so that I would ask Brettley to release the person who harmed them? Do you think Brettley is stupid? What makes you think he can’t put two and two together, and figure out your connection to Yvonne? Besides, what makes you think that you will be able to win Neil and Nellie’s custody rights in the first place?”
On the other end of the line, Alice’s face began to lose its color. She knew that Bethan was right, but she could not risk letting Brettley find out about her scheme, so she was willing to do anything to cover her tracks.
Alice bit down on her lip and said, “Well then, why don’t you make me another deal? As long as Yvonne gets to walk off free, I’ll agree to anything you want.”
Bethan let out a snort of laughter. “Why don’t you stop impersonating me and go back to your true identity?”
“Impossible! “
Alice interjected almost immediately. “I can agree to anything but this.”
“Alright, then I guess we don’t have a deal. “
Bethan lowered her gaze and was about to hang up the phone when Alice’s voice rang out again, “Wait! “
Alice seemed to recall something and said hastily, “I can help you get in contact with Joseph and Natasha Peterson! “
Bethan paused. Seeing that Bethan did not hang up the phone, Alice’s face lit up. She knew that she had struck the jackpot.
“Bethan, I’m sure you don’t wish for you and your parents’ relationship to remain like this forever. I’m sure you don’t want to be compared to Cynthal for the rest of your life, right? Look. Joseph and Natasha are on my side this time because they think I’m you.
They’re desperately trying their best to help me, and even stood up for me at the press conference, all because they think I’m Bethan Peterson.
“I can help you take care of them, then change their opinions of you…”
Bethan’s grip on her phone tightened. She could still recall the last thing Cynthal said to her when they met up in the coffee shop. “We share the same father but we’re born to different mothers. Dad quietly switched me and your biological sister, so I became the second daughter of the Peterson family, while your biological sister was sent to an orphanage.”
Bethan closed her eyes and felt her chest tighten.
All this while, she had suspected that Alice was her long lost biological sister.
Bethan let out a sigh.
Natasha’s attitude towards her had led her to the decision of disowning the Petersons and Natasha.
But Natasha was her birth mother after all.
She was tricked by Joseph all these years, raising Cynthal as if she were her own daughter.
If Alice was really Natasha’s youngest daughter…
Taking in a deep breath, Bethan bit her lip. “I can help you. But I have a condition. First, you have to promise, Yvonne Walter won’t appear in Banyan City ever again. Second, you have to treat Mom and Dad as if they were your birth parents, especially Mom.”
“I promise! “
The moment the words left Bethan’s mouth; Alice immediately agreed.
All the two snobs Natasha and Joseph wanted were money.
Whether it was the Walter family or the Morrison family, both were equally rich!
“Alright then.”
Bethan paused. “But I can only promise that I will ask Brettley to forgive her, whether he actually does or not
I can’t promise you that.”
“It’s fine, as long as you ask him! “
Alice sounded distressed, “Ten minutes had passed since Yvonne was caught by Brettley. Do it now.”
Bethan hummed in reply.
Before hanging up the phone, she asked a final question. “Did you stay in an orphanage when you were a kid?”
On the other end, Alice paused. “Yes, why?” “Nothing.”
Ending the call, the woman sucked in a deep breath and turned.
From the sofa, the two children stared at her with their eyes wide open.
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